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ATTORNEY July 14, 1931. H. AUST MULTIPLE TOE HOSE Filed oct .l 19, 192s Patented July 14, 1931 UNIT HARRY AUST, or riartanELrHrA,rnnnsYLvANrA MULTIPLE 'ron Hoen Application mea october 19, c1928." serial No, 313,554.

This invention relates to hosiery for ladies and men and moreparticularly to a hose having a double toe.

The purpose of the invention is to provide a hose having two toes, an inner toe and an outer toe, so that when one of the toes has worn through it may be cut off allowing the other toe to be used.

This construction of double toe is particularly adapted for use in connection with seamless hosiery, a product constructed on circular or seamless hose knitting machines.

Another purpose is to provide a double toe hose, wherein the inner toe section may be made of a different material kfrom the outer section, for example of heavier material, so as to withstand the wear, though it is understood both toe sections may be made of the same material.

It is to be understood that the particulars herein given are in no way limitative, and that while still keeping within the scope of t-he invention, any desired modification of details and proportions may be made in the construction of the appliance according v to circumstances.

The invention comprises further features and combination of parts to be hereinafter set forth, shown in the drawings and claimed. j

In the drawings Figure l is a view of a hose showing the two toe sections partly attached to the body of the foot of the hose.

Figure 2 is a view showing the inner toe section connected completely to the body of the foot of the hose with the outer toe section partly disconnected.

Figure 3 is a view showing both toe sections completely connected to the body of the foot of the hose giving the appearance similar to any other hose.

Figure 4 is a sectional view on line lof Figure 3.

Referring to the drawings, l identifies the body of the foot of the hose, which is knitted on a circular or seamless machine. Then the hose has been knitted to a point approximating a position substantially close to the toe portion of the hose, that is a portion The eXtra toe sections may adjacent ywherel the toes of the foot may bend', the machine is stopped. I

be made on a separate circular or seamless machine.

These eXtra toe sections constituting the innerv toe section 3 of the hose may thenbe transferred by means of a transfer bar to Vthe seamless or circular machine which has knitted the body of the foot of the hose, then the machine vcontinues in operation and knits the outer and inner toe sections 2 and 3 to the hose. This operation of oining the two toe sections is simultaneously accomplished.

However, in making the inner and outer Y toe sections up to this point, both toe sections are left free and unattached as identilied at 4 for a distance substantially half the circumference of the body of the foot portion of the hose. j

After the hose has been completed up to this point the hose is transferred from the circular or seamless machine to what is known, in the trade, as a looper, which operates to close both toe sections 2 and 3.

It is also to be understood that the second or inner toe section may be joined into the hose at any predetermined point. In closing the two toe sections are closed, the parts 5 and 6 are joined, which is accomplished on a machine known in the trade as a looper.

In constructing hose with double toes, the hose is knitted up to a point adjacent the ball of the foot, and an inner toe section 3 (which has been preknitted on a separate or another circulan or seamless machine) is run on tothe needles by means of a transfer bar, and at the same time the inner toe section is attached or knitted into the body of the foot of the hose the outer toe section is knitted to the bodyof the foot of the hose. The outer toe section is then completed, but obviously as shown in Figure l at a point where the two sections are attached, the inner toe section being preknitted and the outer toe section subsequently knitted, portions of bothtoe sections are left free and unattached, and as previously stated these free and unattached parts 5 and 6 are subsequently joined on a machine known in the trade as a looper, so that When the hose is complete it Will appear as in Figures 3 and 4.

The invention having been set forth, What is claimed is:

In a process for knitting multiple toe hose on a circular machine, the steps consisting in knitting the hose to a line adjacent the toe portion thereof, running a pre-knitted toe section having the usual loopers rounds on to the needles which are knitting the foot section, and then knitting an outer toe section over the inner toe section but separate therefrom, the initial starting knitting steps of the outer toe section being simultaneous With the attaching of the inner toe section, knitting the outer toe section so that the loopers rounds thereof register with the loopers rounds of the inner toe section, leaving portions of both toe sections free and unattached, and then finally closing the free and unattached portions by means of a looper.

In testimony Whereof he aixes his signature.

HARRY AUST. 

